Farming Road Map and Profitability Review Debate
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
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Farming Road Map and Profitability Review
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Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
My Lords, the road map does not appear to address the very real issue of the funding gap between the collapse in basic farm payments, which is accelerating faster than anyone expected, and the incoming funds from environmental land management schemes. Have I missed it? How does the road map address that very real challenge to farm incomes this coming year?
Baroness Hayman of Ullock (Lab)
The road map is designed to be a long-term look forward. Clearly, the important thing is that we make sure, because of that gap, that farmers can access the schemes that they need to support the farming that they are doing. Access to grant schemes has not always been straightforward. We want to make schemes simpler, fairer and more accessible, so more farmers can take advantage of the support they need.